Game 1
Game 2

Shippensburg, Pa. - With Derek Kline and Ryan Stauffer dealing on the mound, the Millersville baseball team won a pair of PSAC Eastern Division road games over Shippensburg Saturday by scores of 6-1 and 3-1 and completed a a four-game series sweep of the Red Raiders for the first time in school history.

The Marauders--winners of eight of their last 10 and five in a row--moved to 8-6 and above .500 in the PSAC East for the first time this year. The pitching staff has paved the way to the streak, allowing only 23 runs and posting a 2.35 ERA over those 10 games. 

Kline in game one and Stauffer in game two continued the trend Saturday. Kline, who has allowed just one earned run and seven hits in his last 14 innings, fanned nine and surrendered just three hits in a complete game effort. Stauffer followed suit, scattering six hits and walking one in six strong innings. The senior lefty has now walked only one batter and allowed three runs in his last 21 innings.

Kline helped his cause at the plate, as well, driving in two runs including Millersville's first of the game in the third inning. In the fourth, the Marauders built on the lead when Kent Gerdes followed an Adam Boyd single with an RBI double down the left field line.

Shippensburg got on the board in the bottom of the inning using back-to-back doubles, but Kline quickly retired the side, avoiding any further damage. Senior catcher Miles Gallagher picked up Kline in the top of the next inning with a two-run double.

The three run lead was plenty for Kline, but Ryan McCormick, who went 2-for-2 with three runs, two walks and two steals from his leadoff spot, set the table again with a walk and steals of second and third. Kline drove in McCormick with a sacrifice fly, and Gallagher drilled a solo home run to straight-away center field. Gallagher finished game one with two hits and three RBIs.

Kline improved to 2-3 with the win, and Ship's Nick Umberger fell to 1-5 after allowing four runs on seven hits in six innings.

Shippensburg's game two starter, Ryan Rehman (1-5), kept was well on his way to ending to stopping Millersville's roll. Ship scored one off Stauffer in the first inning and held that 1-0 lead into the top of the sixth.

But Kline started Millersville's rally with a one-out single. Gallagher drew a walk, and Corey Phelan singled. A Shippensburg error allowed Kline to score, tying the game. Adam Boyd gave the Marauders the lead with an RBI single, and Gerdes padded the advantage with a double to left, capping a four-hit, three-run inning.

Shippensburg led off the sixth with two-straight singles, but Stauffer escaped the jam. He handed the ball to Zach Eckley in the seventh, though, and the junior converted his third save in as many opportunities with a 1-2-3 inning.

Boyd and Gerdes paced Millersville in game two with a pair of hits.

The four-game sweep boosted Millersville's record to 14-15 overall and dropped Shippensburg to 9-22 overall and 4-6 in league play.

Millersville travels to West Chester Tuesday for a PSAC East doubleheader. First pitch is 1 p.m.